For many years, I have been microblogging from Telegram. Telegram is great for that, thanks to the channels feature. Yes, I know, it is closed, and centralized, and it has many other problems, but it is super convenient. Now I'm trying to post my post as WordPress entries which are linked in the channel, but it is more cumbersome. This way, people can follow me through the RSS and I own my posts. I haven't read this book yet, but I will check it, as I'm very interested in the microblog format. But still, Telegram is so convenient ... Any decentralized indie microblogging approach must beat Telegram in convenience, and this is very hard.
Thanks for sharing. Did not know Telegram had a blogging platform. Assuming it's this https://telegra.ph. Is there an integration inside telegram for publishing?
I think they're just using a channel, as described. You got to squint a bit until you recognize it as a blogging platform, but all the functionality is technically there.
Basically it's just a Telegram channel where only you can post content on.
I followed a friend's semester abroad in Japan through one and it was pretty good. A bunch of OnlyFans creators have set up a Telegram channel to notify about new content etc.
I sometimes have used telegra.ph for longish posts, but this is a microblog, so short notes with no title and just one, two or three small paragraphs of text. I sometimes share Evernote notes, exactly in the same way one would use telegra.ph.
Actually, while that is indeed a service of Telegram last I checked, I don't believe that's what asim was talking about. Pretty sure they're using a Telegram channel in lieu of a blogging platform.
